Jul
26
Sinning Across Spain
Filed Under EN
IF YOU have bit of wanderlust, this book is for you.
But you don’t have to have itchy feet to enjoy it.
- Sinning Across Spain: A Walker’s Journey from Granada to Galicia, by Ailsa Piper. Victory Books, rrp $29.99
The book hooks readers through Piper’s powers of observation. These are not just of landscape either.
Piper – better known for her work as an Australian theatre director and actor, including in Neighbours – is a convincing observer of people, not least herself.
Travel changes people and if you’re up for it, be prepared to face yourself in perhaps new and challenging situations; all the more so if you are prepared to pull on a pair of boots and do it the hard way.
Piper takes us on a journey.
Yes, it’s her journey but we soon travel with her from Granada to the cliffs of Finisterre in north-west Spain.
While this may seem a bit ho-hum it’s the point of the trip which gets us in. Piper carries sins: her own and those of others.
This mirrors the medieval tradition of pilgrims paying for sins to be carried by others.
The problem is that sin finds its way into Piper’s life in many unusual ways.
This is a book full of the warmth of a Spanish sun.
We also learn much about Spain and its history, customs and culture. A good read.
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